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TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
TelstraSuper has handed over an undisclosed amount to Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, to be invested in its Net Zero Power Fund. Quinbrook's Net Zero Power Fund, which is targeting US$2 billion, seeks investments that look to support decarbonisation ...

NAB funds DEI workplace research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
First Nations Australians are reporting racism and a lack of cultural safety at work. The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (Jumbunna), the UTS Business School, and the Diversity Council Australia ...

M&A deals ramp up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
ESG pressures are now a priority when it comes to getting deals over the line. Headwinds have failed to sway ESG due diligence in M&A transactions globally, a new report from KPMG finds. Dealmakers say ESG is new business-as-usual. Four in five dealmakers ...

QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has announced a new investment in a Brisbane-based biotech start-up. Gelomics has developed a 3D tissue culture system that allows scientists to grow microscopic representations of human tissue to eliminate the ...

Future Super returns 10.1% to ethically minded members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Future Group's flagship super offering has returned 10.1%, while Verve Super achieved 9.9% last financial year. The results are for the Future Super Balanced Index option and Verve Super's standalone strategy. Future Group said the results are ...

SBTi chief Luiz Amaral to step down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The group tasked with defining best practice in science-based emissions reduction goals seeks a new CEO. Luiz Fernando do Amaral will step down from his role for personal reasons at the end of July. Susan Jenny Ehr, currently chief legal officer, will ...

Podcast: Beyond ESG - UN PRI stewardship and engagement initiatives with David Atkin

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Enhancing sustainability and incorporating environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) matters into investment decision-making and ownership practices can be a vast and overwhelming task. To get the job done right, it is a path that no responsible ...

Demand for human rights solutions intensifies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Ahead of launch in September, the social equivalent of the TCFD has unveiled its key functions as a UN body turns the spotlight on passive funds to do more on human rights. The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights says investors must engage ...

Climate Change Authority appoints new chair

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Former NSW liberal member Matt Kean will take over as the new Climate Change Authority (CCA) chair in August, with the founder of an impact investment firm named a new member. This comes amid ongoing debate around the efficacy of nuclear energy, with ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Climate philanthropists can maximise the impact of their donations by focusing their funding on decarbonising heavy industry exports, a study found. A report titled High-Impact Climate Giving in Australia by Giving Green, found that investors and philanthropists ...